Musical bank



.April 25, 19 50 3 R. H. EDWARDS 2,505,389

MUSICAL BANK Filed Aug. 13 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN VEN TOR.

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FusseZflEawams W-Wflmm r Patented Apr. 25, 1950 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE MUSICAL BANK Russell Harry Edwards, Wenatchee, Wash. Application August 13, 1948, Serial No. 44,071

This invention relates to musical toys, and more particularly to a toy savings bank which provides a musical performance each time a coin is placed in the bank.

The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved musical bank device which is very simple in construction, easy to operate, highly entertaining to children, and providing an incentive for children to save.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved musical toy bank which'resembles in appearance and generally in external mode of operation the well known coin-operated juke box, said bank being inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, and which accommodates coins of various denominations Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following deon line -5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional detail view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is a top plan detail view of the coin clutch discs of Figures 5 and 6, shown mounted on their supporting shaft;

' Figure 8 is a cross-sectional detail view taken on line 88 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, ll designates a housing of plastic or similar material suitably ornamented on its front wall l2 to resemble in appearance a miniature conventional juke-box." The rear wall of the housing shown at I3 is removably secured to the housing by means of spaced arcuate depending ribs [4, I 4 formed at the rear margin of the top wall of the housing between which the top .edge'of rear wall I3 is received and a lock l5 carried at the lower inner marginal portion of said rear wall, the bolt of said lock being receivable in a recess I6 formed in the bottom wall of housing II. The lock I5 is opened or closed by means of a suitable key I1 insertable into the keyhole of the look through an opening l8 formed in rear wall l3.

2 Claims. (01. 194-84) Designated at I9 is a vertical partition wall secured in the upper portion of housing I l parallel to front wall I2. Designated at is a transverse angle bar member secured in the lower portion of housing ll below the partition wall l9. The bottom margin of partition wall I9 is formed with an offset flange 2| and secured to bar 20 and said offset flange 2| is a vertical plate member 22.

Secured to the upper portion of plate member 22 are the ends of the legs 23, 23 of a forwardlyextending U-bracket 24. Rotatably mounted in front wall l2, the U-bracket 24 and plate member 22 is a, shaft 25 provided at its forward end with a handle 26. The rear end portion of shaft 25 is shouldered, as shown at 21, to limit rearward axial movement of the shaft through plate member 22. Rigidly secured on shaft 25 by a transverse pin 28 is a disc member 29. Designated at 39 is a coil spring encircling shaft 25. Spring 39 is secured at one end to the U-bracket 24 and at its other end to disc member 29, exertin an axial and rotational biasing action on the shaft 2-5 and disc 29. As shown in Figure 5, disc 29 is formed with a radial notch 3| having a straight wall 32 and an opposing wall 33 which is arcuately flared at it outer end. Spring biases the disc 29 to a position wherein notch 3| is directed vertically upwardly, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.

Disc 29 is formed on its forward face with a semi-circular groove 34 which slidably receives the end of a pin 35 projecting rearwardly from the U-bracket 24. Pin 35 cooperates with groove 34 to limit rotation of shaft 25 and disc 29 to one-half a revolution.

Rotatably mounted on shaft 25 adjacent disc 29 is a disc 39 formed with a radial recess 31 facing disc 29. Recess 31 has a straight wall 38 and an opposing wall 39 which is flared at its outer portion. When the recess 3'! is in alignment with slot 3!, a coin may be received therein to key the disc 29 to the disc 36. The straight wall 32 of slot 3| will be on one side of the coin and the straight wall 38 of recess 31 will be on the opposite side of the coin, whereby torque may be positively transmitted from disc 29 to disc 38 ternal gear teeth '49.

by rotating handle 26. a I

The rear portion of-disc 3B is formed with in- Secured to plate member 22 is a conventional music box mechanism 4| having awind-up shaft 42 extending rotatably through plate-member and carrying a gear 43- which is in mesh with the gear teeth 49.

When disc 36 is rotated by handle 26, as above described, the music box mechanism 4| is wound up. When disc 36 is released, the music box mechanism is allowed to unwind and produce a musical tune. In the normal unwound condition of the music box mechanism, recess 31 is positioned vertically upwardly and is in longitudinal registry with the slot 3|.

Front wall I2 of the housing is formed above handle 26 withv a vertical coin slot 44;, Designated at 45 is a hood member overlying the disc a v rtical tubula passa e 4.8.. Eassage is reads o a coin cham r 19 in the lower port of housing ll.

n operati n, a. co s p ac d in slot 4 a a l wed. to r l into e sl t an c ss thereby keying 1 56.3 t is a d 2% i then. rota ed. r u h. a. halfvo tion, s permitted by the engagement of pin 35 in groove 34; This winds up the music box mechanism ,L.. When. he h ndle. 2. s. le sed, the coin Imps. into the funnel 4i: and fa s th u passage, 418. into. the coin compartment 49. The release of discv 36 allows he music boX m c n sm *t to, unwind, wher y t. plays its t finally r turnin o its normal unwound position. spring 31) meanwhile returns the disc 29 to its normal position, so that the bank is then ready o. r ceiv ano er com.

shownv n Fig re; h co n. comp r m n 4.9 issepara ed by ts op wall 59 from the m i box mechanism, so. that the music box mechanism is protected from, dama e by the coins. in

the event that the bank, is. inverted.

While a pecific embo ment. of. a toy musical savings. bank, has. been disclosed in, the foregoing description, it will. be. understood that, various mo di-fi.cations.within the spirit. of the invention may occur to those skilled in theart. Therefore, it is. intended that, no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope.- of

.. the: appended claims.

What is claimed is: In a y mus calank; a. h usin hav n a Vertically dis osed slot in the wall thereof for the. reception of a cointherethrough, a vertically disposed plate member fixedly positioned within said housing and spac d. om. said. housing wall, a. L -shaped bracket horizontally d sp sed: he-

w eh sai plate; m mb r and. said ou in al said. br c t hav ng its legs fa ing said .pla e member and secured ther to. With its ieh adjacent to and spaced from said housing wall, a

1 horizontally disposed short. arranged within said housing. belownd adjacent to, said slot a r ate lr supported. in said. housing wall. thei ht o said bracke and saidplate member, said shaf haying one e d ex end n through said well. an projecting beyond the latter, a first di s c positimed. 1. aid. sha t ad ent. sa d. bieht. and

fixe ly secur d. hereto. a nd isc. r ange in face to face relation with respect to said first disc and rotatably m un ed o sa d shaft, h confrontin faces of said discs being each prov dedw h e. ns ers l ex en ing radiair ess, said re ess when in g st y with each othe providing a coin embracing slot, means on the other face of said second disc for operatively connecting the latter to a wind up mechanism, a spring circumposed about said shaft intermediate the bight of said bracket and said first disc having one end secured to said bight and the other end secured to said first disc for biasing said first disc to the position wherein its recess is in normal position, conduit means positioned in saidhousing and having, one end in communication with said vertically disposed slot in said housing wall and having the other end in communication with the coin supporting slot for feeding an edgewise supported coin to the latter named slot, and hand actuable means on the pr jecting end of said shaft for rotating the latter in one direction.

2. In a toy musical bank, a housing having a vertically disposed slot in a wall thereof for the reception of a coin therethrough, a vertically disposed plate memberfixedly positioned within said housing and spaced from said housing wall, a U-shaped; bracket horizontally disposed between said plate member and said housing wall, said bracket having its legs facing said plate member, and secured thereto with its bight adjacent to and spaced from said housing wall, a horizontally disposed shaft arranged within said housing below and adjacent tosaid slot and rotatably supported in said housin wall the bight of said bracket and said plate member, said shaft having one end extending through said wall and projecting beyond the latter, a first disc positioned on said shat-t adjacent said bight and f xedlysecured thereto, a second disc arranged in face to face spaced relation with respect to said first disc and rotatably mounted on said shaft, the confronting faces of said discs being each provided with a transversely extending radial recess, said recesses when in registry with each other providing a coin embracing slot, means on the other face of said second disc for operatively connecting the latter to a wind up mechanism, a spring circumposed about said shaft intermediate the bightof said bracket and I the projecting end of said: shaftfor rotating the 'latte-rin one direction, and means on the bight of said bracket and enga eable with. the other face or said fast disc tor limi ing he, rotat n of said shaft, said last named; means embodying aria. nroie ihs from the ish o aid bracket in encasement with; an. a c ,at sl o me in theoth rface of; said firs disc.

- RUSSELLHARRY EDWARDS.

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